Top Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires and Explosions, 2020 (1)

 

Rank (2) Month State Type of facility Deaths
1 August California Wildfire 16
2 January Alabama Houseboat and boats 8
3 February Mississippi Single-family home 7
4 March Indiana Single-family home 6
4 August California Wildfire 6
4 December West Virginia Single-family home 6
5 June Georgia Aircraft in flight 5
5 August Colorado Single-family home 5
5 August California Wildfire 5
5 October New Jersey Furniture store 5
(1) Fires or explosions that kill five or more people in residential property, or three or more people in nonhome or nonstructural property. (2) Fires with the same number of deaths receive the same rank. Source: National Fire Protection Association. www.nfpa.org.